ORLANDO, Fla. — A man who police say sexually battered a woman in Orlando's Thornton Park neighborhood on October 26 is in custody, according to Orlando Police.
- James Calixte, 36, arrested by U.S. Marshals Service
- He is facing charges of kidnapping, sexual battery
- Suspect in similar attack in Lake Eola Heights turned self in Monday
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In a news release, Sgt. David Baker said James Calixte, 36, was arrested by U.S. marshals in the West Palm Beach area.
He is facing charges of kidnapping and sexual battery.
Police say Calixte is a suspect in the rape of a woman outside her home on East Jefferson Street at night. The woman was pulled to the side of the house and sexually battered.
Just a mile away, the man accused of forcing a woman into her apartment on October 9 near Lake Eola Heights turned himself into the Orange County Sheriff’s Office on Monday. Authorities have not said what charges Michael T. Scarlett II, 28, faces, if any.